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The history is rich & land is vastat Boone Hall Plantationand Gardensoering much to learn and experience. With more

than 730 acres o lively, Lowcountry landscape and more than 320

years o history, Boone Hall Plantation is pleased to oer a variety

o educational programs.

Year-Round ProgramsExploring the Past

Cash Crops on a Plantation

Ed-Ventures

Discovering Nature

Outreach ProgramsButterfy Lie Cycle

Pumpkin Lie Cycle

seasonal programsBeyond the Big House

Butterfies and Botany

Butterfies and Strawberries

Pickin in the Strawberry Patch

Pickin in the Pumpkin Patch

All Educations Programs are South

Carolina State Standards Based.

If the trees on Boone Hall Plantation could talk theywould speak o a bygone era. They would tell stories o trials and

tribulations during rural beginnings and war as Major John Boonerst settled on the land. They would share ond memories o prosper-

ity during Antebellum days as the plantation fourished. They would

tell tales o northern and southern division during the Civil War and

the reaction o slaves as word spread o their reedom. Come visit

and see what all the talk is about! Discovery and exploration is

something you can and will experience with an education eld trip

to Boone Hall Plantation.


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Education Programs at Boone Hall Plantation & GardensWe have a wide variety o programs or students. From year-round programs to outreach programs where our education

specialists come to your classroom, Boone Hall Plantation loves to

share our knowledge, nature and history.

Year-roundandseasonalprogramsoffered.

Teachersarealwaysfree!

ProgramsavailableforPre-Kto8thgrade.

Bookinganeducationalprogramisaseasyasaphonecall

orareservationrequestthatcanbefoundonourwebsite.

For all prices and detailed program information please visit our website at

www.boonehallplantation.com/education.php.


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Year-Round ProgramsExploring the Past

Students will tour Boone Hall Plantation and Gardens and learn about its history

and the workings o a Southern plantation. The tour will include various buildings

on the property and discussion about how the plantation was developed and

operated, crops that were grown and lie on the plantation.

Length:45 mins.-1 hour Grades:3rd-8th

Cash Crops on a Plantation

Students will learn about the early economic history o a Southern plantationand about the many actors that shaped the economy o our nation. Students

will experience what it was like to own and operate a large plantation through

hands-on activities such as rice throwing and indigo dying. They will also gain an

understanding about how modern arm practices have replaced old ones.

Length:1.5 hours Grades:3rd-5th

Ed-Ventures

Take a journey to experience the natural history and beauty o Boone Hall

Plantation and Gardens. Groups can choose our o the ollowing topics: 1) Salt

Marsh Nursery 2) Whos Hiding in the Woods? 3) Whats Between Your Toes?

(Plants) 4) Youre Going to Eat That? (Farm Agriculture) 5) Bugs in the Water 6)

One Mans Trash (Archeology) 7) Slave Cabin Tour.

Length:2 hours Grades:3rd-8th

Discovering Nature

The grounds o Boone Hall Plantation are abundant with all lie orms. Journey with

our educational sta on a wagon ride around the plantation and learn about the

agricultural crops grown on the land, try your hand at cast-netting (weather permit-

ting) and soak up all the sights and sounds on the grounds. You will end your tripwith a crat project while learning more about the natural environment at Boone Hall.

Length:1.5 hours Grades:PreK-2nd

For all prices and detailed program inormation

please visit our website at

www.boonehallplantation.com/education.php


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Seasonal ProgramsBeyond the Big House(available Mar.-Oct.)

Students will learn about lie as a slave on a Southern plantation. They will view

the nine original slave cabins, exhibits and artiacts. The program will allow par-

ticipants to learn about plantation hierarchy, the Gullah cultural and language and

the role o slavery in the success o a plantation.

Length:1-1.5 hours Grades:3rd-8th

Butterfies and Botany (available Apr.-Sept.)

Explore the world o the butterfy and discover the dierent lie stages o this mag-

nicent creature. Student will get to walk through the Boone Hall Butterfy Pavilion

to see many species, explore their habitat, learn about butterfy survival techniques

and basic needs that all animals need to survive.

Length:1 hour Grades:PreK-3rd

Butterfies and Strawberries(available Apr.-June)

Discover the relationship between butterfies and strawberries. Participants willstart at the Strawberry U-Pick eld to learn all about strawberries where they will

be able to pick about a pint o resh strawberries. The tour will then take students

on a tractor ride to the Boone Hall Butterfy Pavilion to learn all about butterfies.

Length:2 hours Grades:PreK-3rd


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Pickin in the Strawberry Patch (available Apr.-June)

Walk through the plantations strawberry elds to discover how a strawberry grows.

Learn about its lie cycle and nd out how humans have used strawberries throughthe centuries. During your program, pick a pint o resh strawberries to take home.

Length:1 hour Grades:: PreK-3rd

Pickin in the Pumpkin Patch (available in October only)

Explore Boone Halls legendary Pumpkin Patch. You will discover what pumpkins

need in order to grow, about a pumpkins complete lie cycle, and what humans have

used pumpkins or over the years. Participants can pick a pumpkin to take home.

Length:1 hour Grades:PreK-3rd

Outreach ProgramsBoone Hall Plantation oers outreach programs where our education specialists

will come to your school and teach your students about the ollowing:

Butterfy Lie Cycle(available Apr.-Sept.) learn about the dierent stages

o the butterfys lie cycle, plants they eat and how they lay their eggs. View but-

terfies and caterpillars through magniying glasses.

Pumpkin Lie Cycle(October) Explore the lie cycle o a pumpkin rom seed

to your doorstep on Halloween. Educators will cut up a pumpkin to show the liecycle and learn about the parts o a pumpkin through sensory awareness. Students

will do a crat and receive a pumpkin to take home rom Boone Hall Plantation.

For all prices and detailed program inormation please visit our website at

www.boonehallplantation.com/education.php


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Inquiries about our programs

[email protected](843) 884-4371

www.boonehallplantation.com

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